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Irving Bacon was a photographer for the Ford Motor Company and an artist for Henry Ford. The reminiscences are composed of Mr. Bacon’s description of his activities as he turned from one occupation to the other during the years (1915-1948) of his association with Henry Ford. In this time he painted portraits of various members of the Ford family, historical paintings of scenes in Henry Ford’s early life and other works of art undertaken at the request of Mr. Ford. This association gave Mr. Bacon an excellent opportunity to hear Henry Ford relate anecdotes about his early life and his comments on current affairs. Mr. Bacon also describes the pioneer activities of the Ford Motor Company Photographic Department in the creation of educational films and newsreels for nationwide distribution. He combined the talents of artist and photographer in the preparation of material for fairs and exhibitions, and his account of these activities underlines the efforts of the growing Public Relations Department. The richest material in this memoir, however, is his personal observation and character sketches of Henry, Clara and Edsel Ford as well as the executives of the Ford Motor Company such as Charles E. Sorensen, Harry Bennett and P. E. Martin.